Murphy’s Law states that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Just ask Braves catcher Sean Murphy, whose season ended prematurely due to injury this year.

After stranding two runners in the first, one runner in the second, two runners in the third, two runners in the fourth, two runners in the fifth, one runner in the sixth, and two runners in the eighth, the Tigers have lost nearly two weeks’ worth of games (13) in the span of three weeks.

Tigers lose, 3-0, getting swept out of their own six-game homestand. Their American League Central division lead remains for now, however, as the Cleveland Guardians’ ten-game win streak came to a close in Minnesota after they concurrently fell to the Twins, 6-2.

Detroit’s magic number is 6.

Stranding a dozen baserunners in the most important

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